Current Affairs 16,17.11.2022

 

Current Affairs 16,17.11.2022

1. The Global Shield Fund, coordinated by G7 President Germany and the V20 Group of Climate Vulnerable Countries, aims to rapidly provide pre-arranged insurance and disaster protection funds after events such as floods, droughts and storms.

A G7-led plan by the U.N., known as the Global Shield, to provide funds to countries affected by climate disasters. Launched at the COP27 Summit. But some questioned the effectiveness of the planned scheme.

Some countries and campaigners are wary. Yet there are concerns that it risks harming efforts to secure substantial agreement on financial aid for so-called loss and damage. Some research suggests that vulnerable countries could face $580 billion a year in climate-related loss and damage by 2030.

German Development Minister Svenja Schulz said the Global Shield aims to replace, not replace, progress on loss and damage. This is not some kind of tactic to avoid formal discussions on loss and damage funding arrangements here, says Schulz, saying that a global shield is not the only solution to damage and loss, Sasemira says we need a wider range of solutions.

Ghana's Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta, who chairs the V20 group of vulnerable countries, called the creation of a global shield long overdue.

2. National Museum of Natural History jointly launched In Our Lifetime campaign under Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change and United Nations Development Programme.

The campaign seeks to identify youth between the ages of 18 to 23 years as message bearers of sustainable lifestyles. The campaign is a global call for ideas from youth who are passionate about environmentally conscious lives around the world. Youth are encouraged to present their climate actions that contribute to a lifestyle for the environment in their capacity that are sustainable and measurable and serve as good practices that can be shared globally.

Mr. Bhupender Yadav (Union Minister of Environment Forest and Climate Change) said that today's youth is one of the key stakeholders, it is essential to inculcate life awareness among the younger generations to promote responsible consumption patterns and make them Planet People to influence the lifestyle choices of future generations.

Shri Bhupender Yadav further said that there are many examples in many parts of India where our youth have demonstrated the determination to preserve and nurture the centuries-old traditions in their daily lifestyle while respecting the environment.

Our lifelong campaign is a great way to encourage youth to become ambassadors for sustainable lifestyle practices and grow as leaders in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management.

The campaign will engage more youth in the conversation about climate change adaptation and mitigation. It gives them a platform to share their concerns, problems and solutions with world leaders.

It amplifies the voice of climate-conscious youth and gives recognition to young climate champions.

3. National Press Day 2022:

National Press Day is celebrated on November 16 every year to recognize and honor the Press Council of India. Today marks the existence of an independent and responsible press in the country. The Press Council of India also examines the quality of reporting by Indian newspapers and monitors journalistic activities.

A connecting link between the oppressed rulers and the all-powerful rulers. It brings out the malpractice and malaise in the system. It helps the government to find solutions to these in the process of strengthening the values ​​of democratic governance. No wonder why it is called one of the four pillars of a strong democracy and the only pillar where the common man can directly participate. The remaining 3 are Executive, Legislative and Judiciary.

The Council is very important for India as it is built internally to protect the fourth pillar of democracy i.e. freedom of the press. It therefore works consistently to ensure that the credibility of journalism is not compromised.

In 1956 the first Press Commission decided to set up a body with statutory authority responsible for safeguarding the ethics of journalism. The Commission felt the need for a managing body to liaise with the press and mediate any issues that may arise.

PCI was formed on Nov, 16, 1966. India's National Press Day is celebrated on November 16 every year since then to commemorate the establishment of the Council.

The Press Council of India the Council is traditionally chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge. Of the 28 additional members, 20 are members of media outlets operating in India. Five members are nominated from the Houses of Parliament. The remaining three represent cultural, legal and literary spheres

4. National Newborn Week 2022:

National New Year Week in India is celebrated every year from Nov, 15 to 21. The main objective of this week is to reduce infant mortality by improving health care conditions for babies in the neonatal period and to reinforce the importance of neonatal health as a priority area of ​​the health sector, to create awareness on newborn care.

This week's theme Safety, Quality and Nutritional Care Every Newborn is a Right to Birth This year's theme for NNW has been chosen to ensure that every newborn has access to quality and developmentally supportive health care services that provide safety and dignity across all service delivery platforms. Health facilities, community outreach sessions and housing etc.

The neonatal period, the 'first 28 days of life', is the most critical and critical period for a child's survival, as this period carries the highest risk of death per day than any other period in infancy. Those who are healthy grow into healthy adults who can thrive and contribute to their communities and societies.

The leading causes of neonatal deaths in India are prematurity/preterm (35%), neonatal infections (33%), intra-partum related complications/birth asphyxia (20%), and congenital malformations (9%).

INAP was launched in SEP, 2014 to accelerate the reduction of preventable neonatal deaths and stillbirths in the country with a target of achieving single digit neonatal mortality rate and single digit still birth rate by 2030. It is estimated that by 2030, there will be 7.47 lakh new-born deaths every year. Once the target is met, neonatal deaths are expected to decrease by 2.28 lakh annually by 2030.

India's Newborn Action Plan is India's committed response to the Global Every Newborn Action Plan launched at the 67th World Health Assembly in June 2014 to advance the global strategy for women's and children's health.

5. According to the 27th edition of the United Nations World Population Prospects 2022, India is expected to overtake China as the world's most populous country in 2023, counting more than 1.4 billion inhabitants this year.

The world population is expected to reach 8 billion by November 15 this year, increase to 8.5 billion by 2030 and 10.4 billion by 2100, according to a report released on the occasion of World Population Day.

World population has been growing slowly since 1950. UN projections show that falling to less than 1% in 2020. The average fertility rate of the world population in 2021 is 2.3 births per woman per lifetime.

Citing an earlier World Health Organization report, the UN report estimated around 14.9 million deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic between January 2020 and December 2021, down from 72.8 in 2019 to 71 in 2021.

More than half of the increase in the world's population by 2050 will be concerted  in eight countries. Those are Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and the United Republic of Tanzania, according to the United Nations. Sub Saharan African countries are expected to more than half of the projected growth by 2050.

According to the UN, falling death rates first led to spectacular population growth. It peaked at 2.1% per year between 1962 and 1965. Between 1950 and 1987 the world's population doubled from 2.5 billion to 5 billion. But growth began to slow as fewer children were born each generation. UNFPA estimates that the world population will reach 10.4 billion in the 2080s and remain there until the end of the century.

According to the UN 60% of the world's population lives in an area where the fertility rate is below replacement level International migration is now a driver of growth in many countries, up from 40% in 1990. 281 million people live outside.

6. Indian cities Hyderabad, Chennai and New Delhi have emerged as the top three data center markets in the Asia Pacific region, according to a Knight Frank report.

The data center industry in India is on a high growth trajectory partly driven by government policies including easy access to credit and other incentives to boost data center investment, the report said.

Commenting on the report, Data Center Lead APAC, Knight Frank Fred Fitzalan Howard said the insight from our latest report reinforces APAC's position as the most exciting market in the global data center industry. More and more businesses are accelerating their digital transformations. Demand for cloud services and low latency has grown. This has resulted in cloud providers sourcing colocation and self-built facilities in previously overlooked cities. As these secondary cities continue to establish themselves as data center locations opportunities in the mergers and acquisitions and development space will continue to grow.

Meanwhile, James Murphy, Managing Director, APAC, DC Byte, said that in the past the Asia Pacific region was dominated by a few Tier 1 markets. This is no longer the case as hyperscalers and data center operators move into new markets due to the decentralization trend.

Owning to strong market fundamentals and a growing trend towards localization of data center facilities, emerging markets such as Osaka, Melbourne, Jakarta, Manila, Hanoi, Taipei, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Chennai have grown from 700 MW in less than 5 years. In the past, it has recorded a 300 percent growth in capacity to over 3,000 MW at present.

Cities like Hyderabad, New Delhi and Chennai are witnessing significant data center market growth. Around 300MW to 400MW of IT capacity is either live committed or under construction at each location.

A data center is a facility with networked computers, storage systems and computing infrastructure. These are used by organizations to process, store and disseminate large amounts of data. A business typically relies heavily on applications, services and data located in a data center. It becomes a vital asset for daily activities.

7. The National Commission for girls launched the fourth part of the Digital Hindu deity campaign, a pan India project on digitally empowering and skilling ladies and ladies in Internet. Digital Hindu deity started in June 2018 to assist ladies across the country to boost awareness on the digital front, build resilience and combat cyber crimes within the only ways in which.

Digital Hindu deity four.0 focuses on empowering ladies with digital skills and awareness to face against any illegal/inappropriate activities on-line.

NCW launched the campaign unitedly with Cyberpeace Foundation and Meta. Through this project three 100000 ladies across India are educated on cyber security tips and tricks.

It is news & redressal mechanisms for information privacy and serving to ladies use technology to their advantage.

Digital Hindu deity four.0 focuses on empowering ladies digitally in line with its commitment to making safer areas {for women|for ladies|for ladies} and girls on-line. Takes a stand against any illegal/inappropriate activities on-line. Ministry of girls and kid Development same NCW launched it unitedly with Cyberpeace Foundation and Meta.

NCW presiding officer Rekha Sharma in her address mentioned the Commission's continuous efforts to empower ladies all told sectors across the country.

The third part of the program was launched in Leh in March 2021. NCW presiding officer within the presence of Lt. Governor Radha avatar Mathur and Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal. within the third part a resource center has additionally been developed underneath the project to produce data on all avenues to report once a lady faces any cyber crime.

The National Commission for girls was established on January thirty one, 1992 underneath the National Commission for girls Act, 1990 to review constitutional and legal protections for girls, advocate remedial legislative measures, facilitate redressal of grievances and advise the govt. on all policy matters. Affects ladies.

8. World Philosophy Day 2022

World Philosophy Day is well known on the third weekday of November each year. This year it falls on November seventeen. The international organization instructional, Scientific and Cultural Organization declared it a world day in 2005. however this is often not continually the case. World Philosophy Day was initial celebrated on November twenty one, 2002. UNESCO aims to coach individuals concerning philosophy and the way necessary it's to higher perceive not solely the planet nowadays, however additionally the past and gift similarly because the future.

The theme of the 2022 World Philosophy Day is that the Human of the long run UNESCO organized a conference and exhibition at the National Studio of up to date Arts unitedly with LE Fresnoy. The event developed around themes and disciplinary constructs of social science, natural sciences, post-colonialism, technological problems, gender, waste, fictional inventions, very long time and also the cosmos. it'll be command from sixteen to eighteen November 2022 at UNESCO Headquarters, Room II, Paris.

World Philosophy Day is well known to encourage individuals to find out concerning philosophy and the way to speak their philosophical thoughts. Philosophy as a discipline is incredibly necessary in understanding the planet higher. it's a step towards peaceful co-existence among individuals everywhere the planet. It looks no coincidence that World Philosophy Day coincides with International Day of Tolerance.

Today additionally helps to know the importance of study, analysis and study of past and gift events. It helps US to enter the long run world and the way to require on the challenges of our life higher.

The first celebration of World Philosophy Day happened in 2002. After that, in 2005 UNESCO felt the requirement to commit the celebration of philosophical reflection worldwide. 2 years later, in 2007, UNESCO revealed a 726-page polyglot program and conference document. General Conference Records, thirty third Session, Paris, 2005. It commemorates World Philosophy Day and emphasizes its importance among youth and as a discipline. The UNESCO General Conference in 2005 aimed to popularize philosophy, particularly within the world of teaching, by celebrating World Philosophy Day.